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SMS Based DoS Attack Can Cause Google Nexus Devices Lose Data, Protect Yourself With Simple App.

Due to their expediment updates and lack of potentially vulnerable carrier and OEM addons, Nexus devices can be considered as the most safest among Android devices, which is being certified by Google, but everything has some vulnerabilities, and newest Nexus devices are no exemption. As per a Romanian security researcher Bogdan Alecu, the Nexus lineup is vulnerable to a denial-of-service attacks based on a special type of SMS. This attack relies on Flash SMS, short messages displayed on the screen without being stored in the inbox. These are most often seen in pre-paid contract plans, used by a carrier to send messages with recent costs. As it turns off, Flash SMS messages sent in rapid succession can cause some unexpected behavior like freezing, crashing, or even rebooting. The newest Nexus phones will reboot after approximately 30 messages sent in a short time. Users won’t be able to realize that they device was attacked without looking at the screen. Sometimes some data...

How To Fix The LED Notification Bug In Moto G Android Phone - Play Store

As the Motorola has finally launched its base level phone, the Moto G, in many countries about a week ago and while using the phone, suddenly just got ma eyes on phone's notification LED. Infact it doesn't work at all, and there's no software switch for it anywhere in the Settings app. Emails, texts and missed calls all failed to trigger the flashing white LED, nor could we use third-party apps like LightFlow to activate it. The problem occurred as a side effect of restoring from your Google account to the Moto G, which is part of the setup process for the phone. The feature downloads apps and settings from the cloud, which is usually a good thing. But in some instances it can tell the Moto G to restore the notification LED setting from another phone, leaving the light disabled with no way to re-enable it. For solving this issue Motorola has launched a widget that lets you toggle the notification light on and off, so if you're affected by this bug simply do...

Imo Messenger Adds New Update 'People Near Me' Feature - Play Store

One of  the most popular messaging service Imo has just added a new feature today that helps friends meet up. Th feature is named as People Near ME and the idea is not not a newly designed one, but still its an important addition to this popular app. The app basically works on your GPS location and when you open the page you can see other users with opened app to that page who is in a specific radius. The feature will show profiles of nearby friends, but also of nearby users that are not in your contacts list. The developers are planning this more towards befriending people who you've met in person and just want to swap contact info, say at a concert or social event, but you could theoretically add friends and start chatting with complete strangers, if you both wish to do so. It's an interesting way to swap contact data considering the other options like using NFC, Bluetooth or something like Bump, but the final result should be same. Update Imo From Play Store

New CyanogenMod Installer Hits The PlayStore To Help You Flash Your Phone

And at last the CyanogenMod has just launched its installer app in the Play Store. You will also need other things rather than just phone in order to get through the process. You'll still need a Windows PC (running Vista or later) and a good USB cable to get your phone flashed with CyanogenMod, which adds another wrinkle of complication to the process. The combination of apps on your phone and computer should make it pretty simple though, provided your phone is on the list of compatible devices. AS the app doesn't do much by its own, but still you can grab it from the Play Store and  if you are willing to download the software on your PC and move through the process to bring CM to your device. Download CyanogenMod From Google PlayStore